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CedarWolf t1_jdjul2f wrote

That's wonderful news!

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1ntrovertedSocialist t1_jdjvzmt wrote

No, it’s not. The guy was an opportunist who collaborated with the perpetrators of the genocide, and since has been paid to say it didn’t happen.

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CedarWolf t1_jdjwj09 wrote

That's quite a claim. Have you got a source on that?

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rice_not_wheat t1_jdkacdo wrote

There's a good NYT article on it https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/02/magazine/he-was-the-hero-of-hotel-rwanda-now-hes-accused-of-terrorism.html

It comes to no conclusions but it lays out the evidence. The journalist who wrote it stayed at the hotel during the genocide.

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OldNavyBlue t1_jdlic33 wrote

I'm afraid this article raised a hell of a lot more questions and suspicion of both sides than answers. It is not surprising that the aftermath of such a genocide is incredibly messy and filled with deceitful ambition and political motivation that it is hard to draw any conclusion of it. That was a roller-coaster of a read.

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twoeightnine t1_jdjzbgu wrote

Read the book "Inside the Hotel Rwanda." The movie is a complete work of fiction

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CedarWolf t1_jdkoy3c wrote

Oh. I'm not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing.

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twoeightnine t1_jdku82m wrote

I was at the Genocide memorial and museum in Kigali a week and a half ago. His name never appears once and I don't remember seeing the hotel's name either.

That should give you a good idea of who he is.

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vasya349 t1_jdl5iwm wrote

That wouldn’t necessarily say anything, considering the Rwandan government doesn’t like him whatsoever.

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slow_cooked_ham t1_jdn7aup wrote

I attended a talk he gave here (15?) Or so years ago. He went over the movie events, admitted to how much of it was fiction (a substantial amount) , also gave more details into some of the events as well from his perspective.

I did find it very informative, and a lot more humble than I expected. However when he finished with a question/answers period there were some Rwandans in the audience who were present for the genocide who had a lot of questions for him. He refused to answer any of them and walked out.

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Big_D_Cyrus t1_jdki15z wrote

He saved a lot of lives, sad you want him in prison for that

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1ntrovertedSocialist t1_jdkl4x2 wrote

I’ve provided sources in another comment, he only saved those people because he could make money off of them

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Big_D_Cyrus t1_jdklglb wrote

You believe what you want to believe

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1ntrovertedSocialist t1_jdl3agr wrote

There’s proof, dude.

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Big_D_Cyrus t1_jdl3k1k wrote

Baseless accusations.

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Kahzootoh t1_jdnlef8 wrote

For those unaware, Rwanda after the genocide has largely been dominated by Paul Kagame (a Tutsi guerrilla leader during the genocide). Kagame has been President of Rwanda for over twenty years.

Paul Rusesabagina has been a critic of Kagame and his government since 1996, when he came to see Kagame’s government as very similar to the Hutu dominated government that had carried out the genocide.

Rusesabagina has made statements that border on conspiracy theories involving the RPF (Kagame’s guerrilla movement and later political party) and its responsibility for the genocide.

Short story: Rusesabagina opposed the genocide by his Hutus, but he also opposed militant actions by Tutsi that were aggravating ethnic tensions in Rwanda.

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